iSCSI target software

[Ruben Laban]

On Friday 30 April 2010 at 18:13 (CET), Etienne Goyer wrote:
> It seems like we have two options if we want to run an iSCSI target (a
> "server") in lucid:
>
> - iscsitarget: widely used, but seems unmaintained.
>
> - tgt: the project seems more active, it's been recommended to me by
> people who had to use both, but the Ubuntu package lack an init script /
> upstart job to start tgtd.
>
>
> Both are in universe.
>
> I am wondering what people think of these two options, and if it would
> be appropriate to write a MIR to get one of those in main.

What about SCST [1] & ISCSI-SCST [2]? The devs are working hard on getting 
it's kernel patches included upstream. Packaging is fairly 
easy/straightforward (though my personal packaging rules aren't as strict as 
Debian's/Ubuntu's). And development is quite active for this project.

[1]: http://scst.sourceforge.net
[2]: http://iscsi-scst.sourceforge.net
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Regards,

Ruben Laban
Senior Systems and Network Administrator
ISM eCompany